History Anime / CuteyHoney

* WhamLine: In the fourth episode, after Black Maiden mocks the idea of Honey believing she's human. What sells it is that Honey recognizes Black Maiden's voice has suddenly become familiar.-->'''Black Maiden''': It's been a long time, Honey. ''You have no idea how long I waited til I could see you again.''-->'''Cutey Honey''': [[spoiler: Panther Zora!]]

** Miharu and Alphonne, though it varies on how much their experiences have changed. Miharu looks much less haggered and haggish than she did in the original, while Alphonne's design is a bit softer and she no longer has a mustache.

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** Miharu and Alphonne, though it varies on how much their experiences appearances have changed. Miharu looks much less haggered and haggish than she did in the original, while Alphonne's design is a bit softer and she no longer has a mustache.

Despite its status as a legendary and influential anime in Japan, Cutie Honey is almost entirely unknown in North America, with the original not being released in the US until late 2013, when DiscotekMedia distributed the series on DVD. This series is not to be confused with another old-school anime, ''[[Manga/HoneyHoneyNoSutekiNaBouken Honey Honey]]'' - although coincidentally both ''Honey Honey'' and the original ''Cutey Honey'' TV series had the same head writer (Masaki Tsuji) and some of the same animation/directorial staff.

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Despite its status as a legendary and influential anime in Japan, Cutie Honey is almost entirely unknown in North America, with the original not being released in the US until late 2013, when DiscotekMedia Creator/DiscotekMedia distributed the series on DVD. This series is not to be confused with another old-school anime, ''[[Manga/HoneyHoneyNoSutekiNaBouken Honey Honey]]'' - although coincidentally both ''Honey Honey'' and the original ''Cutey Honey'' TV series had the same head writer (Masaki Tsuji) and some of the same animation/directorial staff.

In the original series from the 70s, Honey Kisaragi was created as a ReplacementGoldfish for a scientist's dead daughter, until the criminal organization (with ties to TheLegionsOfHell) "Panther Claw" kills the scientist while trying to steal his other AppliedPhlebotinum. Honey soon acquires a secret identity as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent while fighting Panther Claw's forces, including an especially freaky set of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] in the service of BigBad Sister Jill and her QuirkyMinibossSquad.

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In the original series from the 70s, 70s (aired on TV Asahi, then known as NET), Honey Kisaragi was created as a ReplacementGoldfish for a scientist's dead daughter, until the criminal organization (with ties to TheLegionsOfHell) "Panther Claw" kills the scientist while trying to steal his other AppliedPhlebotinum. Honey soon acquires a secret identity as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent while fighting Panther Claw's forces, including an especially freaky set of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] in the service of BigBad Sister Jill and her QuirkyMinibossSquad.

While later revivals and the various manga are usually full of playful FanService, the original [[BleachedUnderpants television adaptation]] was just tame and pretty enough to [[PeripheryDemographic attract an unexpected number]] of younger female fans. It was also later broadcast in France under the title "Cherry Miel" ("Cherry Honey") - albeit not until 1989. It still wasn't enough to stop the original series from getting cancelled over its then-racy content.

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While later revivals and the various manga are usually full of playful FanService, the original [[BleachedUnderpants television adaptation]] was just tame and pretty enough to [[PeripheryDemographic attract an unexpected number]] of younger female fans. It Reruns in the 1980s on TV Tokyo kept the original series alive in the Japanese public consciousness, and it was also later broadcast in France under the title "Cherry Miel" ("Cherry Honey") - albeit not until 1989.1989 (although it did air uncut). It still wasn't enough to stop the original series from getting cancelled over its then-racy content.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: A scene in the original TV series in which Honey is hanging on a cross (in an homage to Go Nagai's first popular manga series, HarenchiGakuen) and one side of Honey's torn sleeveless unitard-dress is drooping down, exposing her breast, but stopping JUST short of exposing the nipple. One of her tormentors remarks, "That's as far as the broadcasters let us go."

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: A scene in the original TV series in which Honey is hanging on a cross (in an homage to Go Nagai's first popular manga series, HarenchiGakuen) and one side of Honey's torn sleeveless unitard-dress is drooping down, exposing her breast, but stopping JUST short of exposing the nipple. One of her tormentors remarks, "That's as far as the broadcasters let us go."" However, there was at least one transformation sequence in the original series in which Honey's nipples ''were'' visible, although it's very "blink and you'll miss it."

* ClothingDamage: Honey's clothes are shredded off during every transformation sequence, as with her the transformation's not just for audience benefit: the device within her that can rearrange matter is actually dismantling her clothes and reforming them, leaving her naked ''for real'' in ''real space'', as opposed to the way transformations (including magical girl naked silhouette ones) are sometimes shown or implied to not look to the outside world the way the TransformationSequence looks to the viewer. Re:Cutie Honey even had her clothes disintegrate whenever she got hungry. And there's plenty of combat-induced Clothing Damage, too.

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* ClothingDamage: Honey's clothes are shredded off during every transformation sequence, as with her the transformation's not just for audience benefit: the device within her that can rearrange matter is actually dismantling her clothes and reforming them, leaving her naked ''for real'' in ''real space'', as opposed to the way transformations (including magical girl naked silhouette ones) are sometimes shown or implied to not look to the outside world the way the TransformationSequence looks to the viewer. Re:Cutie Honey even had her clothes disintegrate whenever she got hungry. And there's plenty of combat-induced Clothing Damage, too.too (which can also be repaired with a "Honey Flash").

Added DiffLines:

* ClingyJealousGirl: Junpei's girlfriend, Mami, is insanely jealous of his attraction to Honey.

* LighterAndSofter: Unlike its predecessors, this incarnation of the series was aimed at a younger female demographic and is most less dark with almost 0 fanservice.

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* LighterAndSofter: Unlike its predecessors, this incarnation of the series was aimed at a younger female demographic and is most less dark with almost 0 fanservice.fanservicey (though considering Hiney and Misty's outfit, not ''that'' hyper much).

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Honey is now a human instead of an android. [[spoiler: though she's ''still'' an artificial human]]* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Both Honey and Seira are robotic human beings]]* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Honey and Seiji have a baby named after Seira in the final episode]]

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Honey is now a human instead of an android. [[spoiler: though [[spoiler:Though she's ''still'' an artificial human]]human.]]* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Both [[spoiler:Both Honey and Seira are robotic human beings]]* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Honey [[spoiler:Honey and Seiji have a baby named after Seira in the final episode]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In most versions of the series, the plot is kicked off by the murder of Dr. Kisaragi, and Honey fights Panther Claw to avenge him. Here the plot is kicked off by the ''kidnapping'' of Dr. Kisaragi, and Honey fights Panther Claw to rescue him.** [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] since he ''still'' dies by the end of the series]]

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In most versions of the series, the plot is kicked off by the murder of Dr. Kisaragi, and Honey fights Panther Claw to avenge him. Here the plot is kicked off by the ''kidnapping'' of Dr. Kisaragi, and Honey fights Panther Claw to rescue him.** [[spoiler: him.[[spoiler:This gets [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] subverted]], however, since he ''still'' dies by the end of the series]] series.]]

* CompositeCharacter: The version of Natsuko from this series and the 2004 movie also has much in common with Miharu("Histler") from the anime, who was also a disciplinarian SympatheticInspectorAntagonist figure trying to capture Honey.

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* CompositeCharacter: The version of Natsuko from this series and the 2004 movie also has much in common with Miharu("Histler") Miharu ("Histler") from the anime, who was also a disciplinarian SympatheticInspectorAntagonist figure trying to capture Honey.

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